JP2002318951A - Point card management device and system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a point card management device and a point card management system capable of precisely managing a point card. SOLUTION: The point card information for the point card is stored, a point card-usable store located within a prescribed distance from the present position is detected from the stored information, and the point card-usable store is reported.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a point card management apparatus and system for managing the expiration date of a point card.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Some stores such as CD shops have introduced a point system for giving points to a purchaser every time a product is sold. Usually, the points are given by stamping the sticker on the loyalty card or attaching a sticker. When the number of points on the loyalty card reaches the specified number, a special offer is prepared for the purchaser at the next purchase, or cash is provided. Cash may return to the buyer due to the back.

[0003]

Although such a point system is useful for purchasers, some stores that issue point cards do not frequently use the point card. Frequently, a point card expires shortly before it is forgotten or the points are reached.

[0004] It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a point card management device and a point card management system capable of accurately managing owned point cards.

[0005]

A point card management apparatus according to the present invention is a movable point card management apparatus for managing a point card issued from a store, and stores therein point card information on the point card. Means, position detecting means for detecting the current position of the device,
A store detection unit that detects a store that can use a loyalty card located within a predetermined distance from the current position detected by the position detection unit, and a store that can use the loyalty card are notified using the detection result by the store detection unit. Notification means.

[0006] A point card management method of the present invention is a point card management method for a mobile terminal device that manages a point card issued from a store, comprising: a storage step of storing point card information on the point card; A store detection step of detecting a store that can use a point card located within a predetermined distance from the current position of the terminal device, and a notification step of notifying a store that can use the point card using the detection result of the store detection step. It is characterized by having.

[0007] The point card management system of the present invention comprises:
A point card management system for managing a point card issued from a store, comprising: a storage unit for storing point card information about the point card; a position detection unit for detecting a current position of the device; Store detection means for detecting a store that can use a loyalty card located within a predetermined distance from the current position,
And a notifying means for notifying a store which can use the point card on a mobile terminal device using a detection result by the store detecting means.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a schematic configuration of a point card management system to which the present invention is applied. This system includes a post register device 1 installed in a store, and a terminal device 2 that can be carried by a user (purchaser). Wireless communication is performed between the POS register device 1 and the terminal device 2.

The POS register 1 includes an accounting unit 11, a point card processing unit 12, a control unit 13, a storage unit 14, a display unit 15, an operation unit 16, and a wireless transmission / reception unit 17. The accounting calculation unit 11 performs accounting for the purchase of the product.
This is the OS register main body. Point card processing unit 1
2 performs processing such as electronic issuance of a point card to a new customer and expiration date management. The control unit 13 is an accounting calculation unit 1
1, point card processing unit 12, storage unit 14, display unit 1
5, connected to the operation unit 16 and the wireless transmission / reception unit 17, and controls the entire boss register device 1. The storage unit 14 stores data such as the owner name, telephone number, e-mail address, card number, number of points, expiration date, purchased product and purchase date history of each point card issued to the customer. The display unit 15 includes an account calculation unit 11 and a point card processing unit 12.
And the operation contents from the operation unit 16 are displayed.
The wireless transmission / reception unit 17 is a wireless communication device using Bluetooth technology.

The terminal device 2 is a point card management device, and includes a control unit 22, a storage unit 23, a display unit 24, and an operation unit 2.
5, a wireless transmission / reception unit 26 and a position detection unit 27 are provided. The control unit 22 includes a storage unit 23, a display unit 24, an operation unit 2
5, connected to the wireless transmission / reception unit 26 and the position detection unit 27,
The entire terminal device 2 is controlled. The storage unit 23 stores, as a data table, point card information such as an issuing store of each owned point card, position information including latitude and longitude, a card name, a card number, the number of points, a specified number of points, and an expiration date. . The wireless transmission / reception unit 26 is a wireless communication device using the Bluetooth technology. Position detector 2
7 has a GPS device, and detects the current position of the terminal device 2. Note that the position detection method of the position detection unit 27 may be other than the method using the GPS device.

The post-registration device 1 and the terminal device 2 having such a configuration
The wireless communication is performed as shown below. When the terminal device 2 approaches, for example, a store provided with the POS register device 1 for shopping, the wireless transmitting / receiving unit 17 and the wireless transmitting / receiving unit 2
6, a communication channel is established. That is, in the wireless communication using the Bluetooth technology, a piconet is formed between the wireless transceiver 17 and the wireless transceiver 26 in response to the inquiry (inquiry) operation of the wireless transceiver 17 by the wireless transceiver 26, As a result, the post-register device 1 becomes the master device, and the terminal device 2 becomes the slave device, and the following communication is possible.

As shown in FIG. 2, the control unit 13 of the POS register device 1 requests the terminal device 2 to confirm the presence or absence of a point card of the shop (step S1). The request for confirming the presence or absence of the point card includes a code indicating the type of the point card and the store. When the control unit 22 of the terminal device 2 receives the request for confirming the presence or absence of the point card, the control unit 22 determines whether or not there is a point card at the store corresponding to the request (step S2). In the storage unit 23, a point card data table including data such as the store, the number of points, and the expiration date of each point card owned by the user is formed. Therefore, the control unit 22 of the terminal device 2 stores the storage unit 23
The presence / absence of a point card of the corresponding store is determined from the point card data table. A point card presence / absence response indicating the determination result of the presence / absence of the point card is transmitted to the POS register 1 (step S3).

When receiving the point card presence / absence response, the control unit 13 of the POS register device 1 determines whether or not the point card presence / absence response indicates that a point card is present (step S4). If there is no point card, terminal device 2
To issue a point card (step S
5). Thereby, the control unit 2 is stored in the storage unit 23 of the terminal device 2.
2, an item for one new point card is additionally formed in the data table described above (step S6).

On the other hand, if there is a point card, a request for the current point number of the point card of the shop is issued to the terminal device 2 (step S7). Upon receiving the current point number request, the control unit 22 of the terminal device 2
The point number corresponding to the point card of the corresponding store is read from the point card data table 3 (step S).
8) Then, a point number response indicating the point number is transmitted to the POS register 1 (step S9).

The control unit 13 of the POS register 1 adds points when the new accounting is performed by the accounting calculator 11 (step S10), and the point card processor 2
In step 1, the validity period of the point card is determined and its processing is performed (steps S11 and S12). The control unit 13 transmits the number of points calculated in step S8 (step 1).
3).

Upon receiving the number of points, the control unit 22 of the terminal device 2 updates the number of points corresponding to the point card of the store from the point card data table of the storage unit 23 (step S14). Apart from such a communication operation at the time of product purchase between the POS register device 1 and the terminal device 2, the control unit 22 of the terminal device 2 performs an expiration date management operation based on each point card information recorded in the storage unit 23. I do. This expiration date management operation is performed regularly every day or when the terminal device 2 is turned on.

In the expiration date management operation, the control unit 22
As shown in FIG. 3, the point card information whose expiration date has already passed is searched for in the point card data table of the storage unit 23 (step S20), and it is determined whether there is any point card information whose expiration date has passed (step S20). Step S
21). If there is expired point card information, the storage unit 2 stores the expired point card information.
3 is removed from the point card data table (step S22). In addition, when the point card information is deleted, the deletion may be displayed on the display unit 24. If there is no expired point card information, the process immediately proceeds to step S23.

The control unit 22 determines that the expiration date in the point card data table of the storage unit 23 is M from today.
The system searches for point card information whose expiration date is within M days (step S23) and determines whether there is any point card information whose expiration date is within M days (step S24). If there is point card information whose expiration date is less than M days, the name, the number of points, the specified number of points, and the position information of the point card are read from the storage unit 23, and they are stored in an internal memory (see FIG. (Not shown) (step S25), and the display unit 24 displays that there is point card information whose expiration date is within M days (step S26). For example, FIG.
As shown in (a), it is displayed that there is a reward card which expires in M days. As a result, the user is notified that he / she has the expiring point card. In the execution of step S26, the near term list may be displayed on the display unit 24.

It is determined whether or not the store that issued the point card included in the near-expiration list is within a predetermined distance N from the current position of the terminal device 2 (step S2).
7). The data on the current position of the terminal device 2 is
Is supplied to the control unit 22 from the terminal device 2 using the store location information and the current position of the terminal device 2.
Is calculated from the current position to the store, and it is determined whether or not the calculated distance is within a predetermined distance N. When the control unit 22 determines a store located within a predetermined distance N from the current position of the terminal device 2, the control unit 22 determines whether the current point number of the point card is close to the specified point number, that is, whether the point card is near expiration. (Step S2
8). In step S28, if the current number of missing points with respect to the specified number of points is P (for example, 1 point), it is determined that the point is near expiration. If the point is near expiration, the display unit 24 displays that the store that issued the point card near the expiration date and near the point expiration is near the current position (step S29). Display 2
For example, a display as shown in FIG. 4B is performed on the display screen 4 to notify the user that the point card issue store nearing the expiration date is near. In this display, the name of the store, the number of days until the expiration date, and the number of shortage points up to the specified number of points are displayed. These are calculated using the point card information in the point card data table in the storage unit 23. The display in FIGS. 4A and 4B may be switched automatically, or may be switched by a key operation of the operation unit 25 by the user. When the “map” button B in FIG. 4B is operated,
As shown in FIG. 4C, a map indicating the location of the store and the current position may be displayed.

After execution of step S29, the control unit 22
It is determined whether the date has been updated (step S3).
0). If the date is not updated, the process returns to step S27, and the above operation is repeated. If the date is not updated, the process is temporarily terminated and the execution from step S20 is restarted. In such a point card management system, the point card is transmitted as a wireless signal and is received and stored in the terminal device as point card information. It is not necessary to always carry the card in a wallet or bag, and all point cards can be managed simply by carrying the portable terminal device.

In the expiration date management operation shown in FIG. 3, if the number of points is just before the expiration of a point close to the prescribed number of points when the expiration date of the point card is M days before the expiration date, the point expires. Since the user is notified of the fact that the user is in the middle of moving, the user may simply stop by the store, and there is an advantage that the user does not need to take unnecessary action just for the point card.

In the above-described embodiment, the point card whose expiration date is about to expire is displayed or the store that issued the expiration point card is displayed. However, the point card information of the point card owned by the user is displayed. , An issue store located near the current position may be searched, and point card information including the store position may be displayed.

FIG. 5 shows an expiration date management operation in the terminal device 2 of FIG. 1 as another embodiment of the present invention. FIG.
The expiration date management operation in the embodiment of the present invention is a rally point card expiration date management operation for giving a benefit to a user who uses a different affiliated store whose number is equal to or greater than the specified number of affiliated stores. Although the configuration of the terminal device 2 is as shown in FIG. 1, the storage unit 23 stores location information including the issuing store and affiliated store of each owned loyalty card, the latitude and longitude of each store, the card name, and the card number. And point card information such as used stores, prescribed number of stores, and expiration date are stored as a data table.

In the expiration date management operation shown in FIG.
2 searches the point card data table in the storage unit 23 for the expired point card information (step S31), and determines whether there is any expired point card information (step S32). If there is any expired point card information, the expired point card information is removed from the point card data table of the storage unit 23 (step S3).
3). Steps S31 to S33 are performed in the above-described step S.
Same as 20 to S22. If there is no expired point card information, the process immediately proceeds to step S34.

The control unit 22 searches the point card data table of the storage unit 23 for point card information whose expiration date is less than L days (step S3).
4) It is determined whether there is any point card information whose expiration date is within L days (step S35). If there is point card information whose expiration date is less than L days, the name of the point card, unused stores, and its location information are read from the storage unit 23, and they are stored as an imminent list in the internal memory (not shown). ) (Step S36), and the display unit 24 displays that there is point card information whose expiration date is within L days (step S36).
37). The display unit 24 displays, for example, that there is a rally point card whose expiration date is L days later as shown in FIG. This informs the user that he / she has a rally point card that is about to expire. In the execution of step S37, the near term list may be displayed on the display unit 24. When there are a plurality of point cards whose expiration date is less than L days, a near-expiration list is created for each.

It is determined whether or not an unused store related to the point card included in the near-expiration list is within a predetermined distance N from the current position of the terminal device 2 (step S3).
8). The data on the current position of the terminal device 2 is
Is supplied to the control unit 22, the control unit 22 calculates the distance from the current position of the terminal device 2 to the unused store using the position information of the unused store and the current position of the terminal device 2,
It is determined whether or not the calculated distance is within a predetermined distance N. If the control unit 22 determines an unused store that is within a predetermined distance N from the current position of the terminal device 2, the display unit 24 displays an unused card near the current position to use a point card that is about to expire. The fact that there is a store is displayed (step S39). The display screen of the display unit 24 displays, for example, the presence of an unused store as shown in FIG. In the display in step S39, as shown in FIG. 6B, a display for asking the user whether to display a map to the unused store near the current position is performed. Accordingly, the control unit 22 determines whether the key operation by the user on the operation unit 25 is YES or NO (Step S40). In the case of YES, a map to an unused store within the predetermined distance N is displayed on the display unit 24 as shown in FIG. 6C (step S41).

After execution of step S41, the control unit 22
It is determined whether the date has been updated (step S4).
2). If the date is not updated, the process returns to step S38, and the above operation is repeated. If the date is not updated, the process is temporarily terminated and the execution from step S31 is restarted. In the expiration date management operation shown in FIG. 5, when the rally point card expires L days before, the user is notified that an unused store is nearby while the user is moving, so that the user can improve efficiency. It has the advantage of being able to increase rally points well and not having to uselessly act just for the rally point card.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 5 described above, a rally point card whose expiration date is about to expire is displayed or an unused store of the rally point card whose expiration date is expiring is displayed. Based on the point card information of the rally point card to be used, an unused affiliated store that can use the rally point card near the current position may be searched and the point card information including the store position may be displayed.

FIG. 7 shows an expiration date management operation in the terminal device 2 of FIG. 1 as another embodiment of the present invention. FIG.
The expiration date management operation in the embodiment of the present invention is a point card expiration date management operation for giving a privilege to a user who has used any one of a plurality of affiliated stores at least a specified number of times in total. Although the configuration of the terminal device 2 is as shown in FIG. 1, the storage unit 23 stores location information including the issuing store and affiliated store of each owned loyalty card, the latitude and longitude of each store, the card name, and the card number. , Point card information such as the specified number of times and the expiration date are stored as a data table.

In the expiration date management operation of FIG.
2 searches the point card data table of the storage unit 23 for the expired point card information (step S51), and determines whether there is any expired point card information (step S52). If there is any expired point card information, the expired point card information is removed from the point card data table of the storage unit 23 (step S5).
3). Steps S51 to S53 are the same as steps S51 to S53.
Same as 20 to S22. If there is no expired point card information, the process immediately proceeds to step S54.

The control unit 22 searches the point card data table of the storage unit 23 for point card information whose expiration date is less than L days (step S5).
4) It is determined whether there is any point card information whose expiration date is within L days (step S55). When there is point card information whose expiration date is less than L days, the name, affiliated store, and its location information of the point card are read from the storage unit 23 and are read as an imminent list as an internal memory (not shown). (Step S
56) The display unit 24 displays, as shown in FIG. 8A, the fact that there is point card information whose expiration date is less than L days (step S57). In the execution of step S57, the near term list may be displayed on the display unit 24. When there are a plurality of point cards whose expiration date is less than L days, a near-expiration list is created for each.

It is determined whether or not the affiliated store related to the point card included in the near-deadline list is within a predetermined distance N from the current position of the terminal device 2 (step S5).
8). The data on the current position of the terminal device 2 is
The control unit 22 calculates the distance from the current position of the terminal device 2 to the affiliated store using the positional information of the affiliated store and the current position of the terminal device 2, and calculates the calculated distance. Is within a predetermined distance N. When determining the affiliated store located within a predetermined distance N from the current position of the terminal device 2, the control unit 22 displays the display unit 2.
As shown in FIG. 8 (b), it is displayed in FIG. 4 that there is an affiliated store near the current position that can use the expiring point card (step S59). Step S59
Is displayed for asking the user whether or not to display a map to the affiliated store near the current position, as shown in FIG. 8 (b). Therefore, the control unit 22 determines whether the key operation by the user on the operation unit 25 is YES or NO (Step S60). YES
In the case of, a map to the affiliated store within the predetermined distance N is displayed on the display unit 24 as shown in FIG. 8C (step S61).

After execution of step S61, the control unit 22
It is determined whether the date has been updated (step S6).
2). If the date is not updated, the process returns to step S58, and the above operation is repeated. If the date is not updated, the process is temporarily terminated and the execution from step S51 is restarted. In the expiration date management operation shown in FIG. 7, the user is notified that an affiliated store is nearby during the travel of the user when the point card is about L days before the expiration date. There is also an advantage that points can be increased by using affiliated stores, and that there is no need to uselessly act only for the point card.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 7, the point card whose expiration date is about to expire is displayed or the affiliated store of the point card whose expiration date is about to expire is displayed. Based on the loyalty card information of the loyalty card owned by the user, a affiliated store that can use the loyalty card near the current position may be searched and the loyalty card information including the location of the loyalty card may be displayed.

FIG. 9 shows a schematic configuration of a point card management system to which the present invention is applied. This system includes a post register device 1 installed in a store and a vehicle terminal device 3 mounted on a user's vehicle. The post register device 1 is the same as the device shown in FIG. The vehicle terminal device 3 includes a control unit 32, a storage unit 33, a display unit 34, an operation unit 35, a wireless transmission / reception unit 36, a position detection unit 37, and a vehicle state detection unit 38. The control unit 32 includes the storage unit 3
3, connected to the display unit 34, the operation unit 35, the wireless transmission / reception unit 36, the position detection unit 37, and the vehicle state detection unit 38, and controls the entire terminal device 3. The storage unit 33 stores point card information such as the issuing store of each owned point card and its affiliated stores, location information including the latitude and longitude of the store, card name, card number, number of points, prescribed number of points, and expiration date. Although it is saved as a table,
The vehicle maintenance information such as a previous oil exchange mileage, a previous oil filter exchange mileage, a current mileage, a vehicle inspection date, a recommended tire rotation time, and a recommended part replacement time, which will be described later, can be stored. The wireless transmission / reception unit 36 is a wireless communication device using the Bluetooth technology. The position detector 37 has a GPS device and detects the current position of the vehicle. The position detection unit 37 may be a vehicle-mounted navigation device. The vehicle state detection unit 38 detects vehicle operation parameters such as a running distance, a speed, an engine speed, and an intake negative pressure.
The vehicle state detection unit 38 is connected to an electronic control system (not shown) for controlling and managing the operation state of the vehicle including the fuel injection amount and the ignition timing of the engine by an in-vehicle LAN (local area network). From the electronic control system, it is possible to obtain maintenance information such as a previous oil exchange travel distance, a previous oil filter exchange travel distance, a current travel distance, a vehicle inspection date, a recommended tire rotation time, and a recommended part replacement time. The previous oil change travel distance is the travel distance of the vehicle when the last oil change was performed, and the previous oil filter replacement travel distance is the travel distance of the vehicle when the last oil filter was replaced.

The control unit 32 of the terminal device 3 performs an expiration date management operation of the vehicle maintenance point card. The vehicle maintenance point card referred to here is, for example, a service card issued to a customer of a vehicle engine oil change, and has a privilege that the oil change operation is discounted or free during its validity period. In the expiration date management operation, as shown in FIG.
8, the maintenance information as described above is acquired and stored in the storage unit 33 (step S71).

The control unit 32 searches the point card data table of the storage unit 33 for the expired point card information (step S72), and determines whether there is any expired point card information. (Step S73). If there is any expired point card information, the expired point card information is removed from the point card data table of the storage unit 33 (step S74). Note that the deletion of the point card information may be displayed on the display unit 34. If there is no point card information whose expiration date has passed, the process immediately proceeds to step S75.

Further, the control unit 32 searches the point card data table of the storage unit 33 for the point card information whose expiration date is within L days (step S7).
5) It is determined whether there is any point card information whose expiration date is less than L days (step S76). If there is point card information whose expiration date is less than L days, the name and position information of the point card are stored in the storage unit 3.
3 and holds them in an internal memory (not shown) as a near-expiration list (step S77), and displays on the display unit 34 that there is point card information whose expiration date is within L days (step S78). ). For example, FIG.
Is displayed, and it is notified that there is point card information whose expiration date is within L days.
Note that the near term list may be displayed on the display unit 34 by executing step S78.

Further, the control section 32 displays items to be maintained on the display section 34 (step S79). For example, the difference between the current mileage and the previous oil change mileage is calculated, and if the difference exceeds a predetermined distance, the engine oil is determined and displayed as an item to be maintained. The display unit 34 includes, for example, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 1 (b), items to be maintained include an engine oil, an oil element (including an oil filter), and a window washer fluid.

It is determined whether or not the store or the affiliated store that issued the point card included in the near term list is within a predetermined distance N from the current position of the terminal device 3 (step S80). Since the data of the current position of the terminal device 3 is supplied from the position detection unit 37 to the control unit 32, the control unit 32 uses the position information of the store and the current position of the terminal device 3 to store the data from the current position of the terminal device 3. Is calculated, and it is determined whether or not the calculated distance is within a predetermined distance N. When the control unit 32 determines a store located within a predetermined distance N from the current position of the terminal device 3, the display unit 34 displays a point card issuing store which is relatively close to the current position or a point card issuance store close to the current position. The fact that there is an affiliated store is displayed (step S81). For example, a display as shown in FIG. 11C is performed on the display screen of the display unit 34. In the display of step S81, the control unit 32
As shown in FIG. 1 (c), the display unit 34 also performs a display for asking the user whether or not to display a map to a store relatively close to the current position, and the operation unit 35 responds accordingly. It is determined whether the key operation by the user is YES or NO (step S82). In the case of YES, a map to the store within the predetermined distance N is displayed on the display unit 34 as shown in FIG. 11D (step S8).
3).

After execution of step S83, the control unit 32
It is determined whether the date has been updated (step S8).
4). If the date is not updated, the process returns to step S80 and repeats the above operation. If the date is not updated, the process is temporarily terminated and the execution from step S81 is restarted. In the expiration date management operation shown in FIG. 10, when the point card expires, such as L days before the expiration date, the user needs to be notified of items requiring maintenance while the user is moving, and the store that can use the point card can be used. Since the user is notified that the vehicle is nearby, the points can be efficiently increased and the maintenance of the vehicle can be performed without forgetting.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 10 described above, the point card whose expiration date is about to expire is displayed together with the items requiring maintenance, and the affiliated stores of the expiring expiration point card are displayed. Based on the loyalty card information of the loyalty card owned by the user, a store that can use the loyalty card near the current position is searched, and the loyalty card information including the loyalty position is displayed together with the items requiring maintenance. May be.

In each of the above embodiments, the point card is shown as being issued electronically.
The point card may be the data itself. Regardless of the physical form, the store only needs to issue the points whose expiration date is set first. Further, in each of the above-described embodiments, a Bluetooth wireless communication device is used as the wireless transmission / reception unit. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a mobile phone may be used.

In each of the above embodiments, the storage device, the position detection device, and the store detection device are provided in the terminal device. However, the terminal device is provided in another device such as a server. Information on a store where a point card can be used at the current position may be obtained wirelessly from the other device.

[0045]

As described above, according to the present invention, a point card owned by a user can be managed accurately.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a point card management system to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a communication sequence between a post-register device and a terminal device.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an expiration date management operation.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a display example in the expiration date management operation of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an expiration date management operation.

6 is a diagram showing a display example in the expiration date management operation of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an expiration date management operation.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a display example in the expiration date management operation of FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a point card management system as another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an expiration date management operation.

11 is a diagram showing a display example in the expiration date management operation of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 post registration device 2 portable terminal device 3 vehicle terminal device 13, 22, 32 control unit 14, 23, 33 storage unit 15, 24, 34 display unit 17, 26, 36 wireless transmission / reception unit 27, 37 position detection unit 38 vehicle state detection Department

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[Claims] 1. A movable point card management device for managing a point card issued from a store, comprising: storage means for storing point card information on the point card; and a position for detecting a current position of the device. Detecting means; a store detecting means for detecting a store that can use the point card located within a predetermined distance from a current position detected by the position detecting means; and a store detecting means for detecting a store that can use the point card. And a notifying means for notifying using the detection result of the point card management device. 2. The method according to claim 2, further comprising: a determination unit configured to determine whether an expiration date included in the point card information about the point card stored in the storage unit is within a predetermined period from a current time. When the expiration date of the point card stored in the storage unit is determined by the determination unit to be within a predetermined period from the current time, the point card located within a predetermined distance from the current position detected by the position detection unit is deleted. Detecting an available store, the notifying unit notifies a store that can use the point card whose expiration date is within the predetermined period from the present time using a detection result by the store detecting unit. The point card management device according to claim 1. 3. The point card management device according to claim 1, wherein the point card management device is a portable terminal device. 4. The point card management device according to claim 1, wherein the point card management device is an in-vehicle terminal device mounted on a vehicle. 5. The notifying unit, if the validity period of the point card stored in the storage unit is determined by the determination unit to be within a predetermined period from the current time, the validity period is within a predetermined period from the current time. 3. The point card management device according to claim 2, wherein the notification that there is a point card that has become invalid is notified. 6. The point card management device according to claim 1, wherein the notifying unit includes a display unit that displays a map on a shop where the point card can be used. 7. The point card is issued by being transmitted to the point card management device as a wireless signal from a device installed in the issuing store, and the point card management device receives the wireless signal. And control means for obtaining point card information including an expiration date of the point card from the wireless signal and storing the information in the storage means.
The point card management device as described. 8. The storage unit stores, as the point card information, a location of a store that issues the point card, in addition to an expiration date of the point card. The store detection unit stores the issue card stored in the storage unit. 2. When the position of a store is detected within a predetermined distance from a current position detected by the position detecting means, the issuing store is set as a store where the point card can be used. The point card management device as described. 9. The storage means further stores a point number and a specified point number as the point card information, and the notifying means determines whether or not the point number stored in the storage means is close to the specified point number. 9. The point card management device according to claim 1, further comprising a point determination unit configured to determine a store that can use the point card when the number of points is close to a specified number of points. 10. The storage means stores, as the point card information, the location of each affiliated store in which the point card can be used, in addition to the expiration date of the point card, and the store detection means stores in the storage means When it is detected that any of the stored positions of the affiliated stores are located within a predetermined distance from the current position detected by the position detecting means, the affiliated store located within the predetermined distance from the current position is referred to as the affiliated store. The point card management device according to claim 1, wherein the store is a store where the point card can be used. 11. The storage unit stores, as the point card information, a position of each affiliated store that can use the point card and an unused affiliated store in addition to the expiration date of the point card. If any one of the unused affiliated stores among the locations of the affiliated stores stored in the storage means is detected to be located within a predetermined distance from the current position detected by the position detection means, the current 2. An unused affiliated store located within a predetermined distance from a position is a store where the point card can be used.
The point card management device as described. 12. The in-vehicle terminal device includes a vehicle state detecting unit that obtains maintenance information from the vehicle, and the notifying unit determines that the expiration date of the point card stored in the storage unit by the determination unit is a current value. 5. The point card management device according to claim 1, wherein when a predetermined time has elapsed from the maintenance information, an item requiring maintenance is displayed based on the maintenance information obtained by the vehicle state detection means. 6. 13. The point card management device according to claim 7, wherein the control unit deletes the expired point card information from the storage unit. 14. A point card management method for a mobile terminal device for managing a point card issued from a store, comprising: a storage step of storing point card information on the point card; and a current position of the terminal device. A store detection step of detecting a store that can use the point card located within a predetermined distance from a store, and a notification step of notifying a store that can use the point card using the detection result of the store detection step. A point card management method characterized in that: 15. A point card management system for managing a point card issued from a store, comprising: storage means for storing point card information on the point card; and position detection means for detecting a current position of the device. A store detection unit that detects a store that can use the point card located within a predetermined distance from a current position detected by the position detection unit; and a result of the store detection unit that detects a store that can use the point card. And a notifying means for notifying the mobile terminal device using the terminal card management system. 16. A terminal device for transmitting and issuing a point card by wireless signal, wherein the terminal device has the storage means, the position detecting means, the store detecting means, and the notifying means, Receiving the point card information including the expiration date of the point card indicated in the received wireless signal in the storage unit; and a point card in the point card information stored in the storage unit. Determining whether or not the expiration date of the point card is within a predetermined period from the present time, wherein the store detection unit determines that the expiration date of the point card stored in the storage unit is within a predetermined period from the current time. The point car located within a predetermined distance from the current position detected by the position detection means when the determination is made by the determination means The notification means detects a store that can use the point card whose expiration date is within the predetermined period from the current time using a detection result by the store detection means. The point card management system according to claim 15, wherein: 17. The shop device adds a new point number to a current point number for the terminal device according to a result of an accounting process, and transmits the resulting point number to the terminal device as a wireless signal. When the terminal device receives a wireless signal indicating the number of points, the terminal device includes a control unit that updates and stores the number of points indicated by the wireless signal as a new number of points in the point card information in the storage unit. 17. The point card management system according to claim 16, wherein: